A Michigan man faces serious charges after a series of events that began with a meeting on the Grindr dating app. Robert Tweedly, 40, has been accused of the murder and dismemberment of Justie Stilwell, a 41-year-old janitor at T.L. Handy Middle School. Stilwell's severed limbs were found in the Saginaw River on September 18, initiating a grim search that led to the rest of his remains being discovered in a nature preserve, as reported by AP News.
According to Audacy, the incident is believed to have occurred after Stilwell went to Tweedly's home on September 14. Tweedly confessed to authorities that following a disagreement in which Stilwell expressed his wish to leave, he pushed the victim down the basement stairs and then strangled him. Unable to move the body upstairs, Tweedly purchased tools to dismember Stilwell's body.
During Tweedly's arraignment last Friday, he was charged with open murder and disinterment or mutilation of a dead body. The case has revealed unsettling information regarding the use of Grindr for the meeting that resulted in Stilwell's death. Surveillance footage from Stilwell's neighbors and data from the dating app was pivotal in leading investigators to Tweedly. He is currently held on a $1 million bond, as detailed by WNEM.
